Have you been to Sa Coma, Majorca or Son Bou, Menorca? Please come and tell me what theyre like

We have narrowed down next years holiday to these two places.They both sound nice in the brochure (dont they always), am goning to have a look at the resort on holidays uncovered too but just wondered if any mnetters had been and your opinion on them

Have been to both places. However, we just use the resorts as a base and tend to have lots of day trips out. Were very happy with both (tho 5 years since Son Bou and 11 years since Sa Coma so they could well have changed). Son Bou is not a pretty place but we were in great accommodation and the restaurants were excellent - tho housed more in what looked like shopping centres than overlooking marinas or harbour fronts which would be my ideal. Neither ticked all our boxes on paper, but we had great holidays in both places.

Yes Fimbo, hated algarve. Have been to Cala Galdana and Cala n Bosch in menorca, loved both, but we are going to try somewhere different this year (and its the accommodation we chose, very little self catering in Cala Galdana).Trouble with the Son Bou description in the brochure is that it mentions 'tourist themed restaurants and fast food' which makes me shudder.We like somewhere to walk out at night, with a good selection of restaurants, possibly marina that type of thing

there is (was!) a good selection of restaurants in Son Bou and you can avoid the tourist themed/fast food type. We found some great places. But not overlooking a marina. Sa Coma also had some great restaurants and nicer to walk around BUT my info is 11 years out of date so you'd need to ask someone who has been more recently. Lovely beach at Sa Coma with trees providing shade which was ideal as we had LOs at that time.

Absolutely loved Sa Coma, the beach is gorgeous. We stayed there 4 years ago and I couldn't fault it. Lots of lovely restaurants and family things to do. We then stayed at Cala Bona last year and caught the little bus to visit Sa Coma for the day and it was still as lovely. It is also in easy reach of both Cala Bona and Cala Millor for a day trip.

Didn't enjoy Son Bou as much but then we were quite a distance from the beach. You are pretty much trapped in Son Bou as it is not really near to anywhere else if you fancied a change for the day. It also felt really small and crowded in comparison to Sa Coma/Cala Bona.

Thanks Lou, the reports for Sa Coma actually say the same. Its not chavvy and nasty is it? We hate things like 'Paddys Oirish Bar' and 'Kings Head - english breakfast served all day' We normally spend all day in apartment complex then have a wander at night

Did look at PP, but accommodation was about 1k more expensive so that was ruled out.We liked Cala Dor which had a burger king [shudder] but was big enough to not notice and had some great restaurants and shops and a nice marina to walk round